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Month: September 2015

Western students stand atop world in Undergraduate Awards

Western students stand atop world in Undergraduate Awards

Social Science student Emma Rose Bonanno and 26 Western student colleagues were named recently among the international winners of The Undergraduate Awards, a worldwide competition recognizing top undergraduate work. In total, Western boasted 30 papers from across 14...

Anderson: A natural fit for Western News

Anderson: A natural fit for Western News

An Honors BA (History) graduate of McMaster University, Jim Anderson worked as a reporter for newspapers in the Hamilton area before coming to Western in 1976. He was named Western News associate editor in 1983, and appointed the publication’s second-ever editor in...

Journal of Legal Studies, SGPS partner on special issue

Journal of Legal Studies, SGPS partner on special issue

As the Western Journal of Legal Studies approaches 30,000 downloads, the journal's editorial board has collaborated with Western’s School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies to produce its latest special issue, Law: Helping Hand or Iron Fist. The issue is a...

Mustangs win big in home opener against York

Mustangs win big in home opener against York

A touchdown pass from Will Finch to receiver Harry McMaster only 49 seconds into the game got the Western Mustangs started and they never looked back, cruising to a 74-10 win over the York...

Trio of scholars named to Royal Society of Canada

Trio of scholars named to Royal Society of Canada

With the naming of Western scholars Kathryn Brush, John Leonard and Jesse Zhu, the university now boasts 55 Royal Society of Canada Fellows, starting with Microbiology and Biochemistry professor Robert Murray in 1958.

Bill C-51 critic brings debate to lecture series

Bill C-51 critic brings debate to lecture series

A leading critic of Bill C-51 brings his arguments to Western as the keynote of the Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS) Rogers Chair Lecture Series. University of Ottawa Law professor Craig Forcese’s lecture, Bill C-51 and Knock-on Effects on Surveillance...

Teaching Support Centre names three new fellows

Teaching Support Centre names three new fellows

Developing an e-portfolio tool, promoting collaborative learning in Engineering and creating a network of faculty who engage students in critical international service learning will be the focus of the three new teaching fellows at Western’s Teaching Support Centre....

Koschinsky to lead Robarts Research Institute

Koschinsky to lead Robarts Research Institute

Marlys Koschinsky, current dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Windsor, has been named the new Scientific and Executive Director at Robarts Research Institute. Koschinsky, who received her PhD in Biochemistry from the University of British Columbia,...

Anderson: A natural fit for Western News

Anderson: A natural fit for Western News

An Honors BA (History) graduate of McMaster University, Jim Anderson worked as a reporter for newspapers in the Hamilton area before coming to Western in 1976. He was named Western News associate editor in 1983, and appointed the publication’s second-ever editor in...

Journal of Legal Studies, SGPS partner on special issue

Journal of Legal Studies, SGPS partner on special issue

As the Western Journal of Legal Studies approaches 30,000 downloads, the journal's editorial board has collaborated with Western’s School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies to produce its latest special issue, Law: Helping Hand or Iron Fist. The issue is a...

Mustangs win big in home opener against York

Mustangs win big in home opener against York

A touchdown pass from Will Finch to receiver Harry McMaster only 49 seconds into the game got the Western Mustangs started and they never looked back, cruising to a 74-10 win over the York...

Trio of scholars named to Royal Society of Canada

Trio of scholars named to Royal Society of Canada

With the naming of Western scholars Kathryn Brush, John Leonard and Jesse Zhu, the university now boasts 55 Royal Society of Canada Fellows, starting with Microbiology and Biochemistry professor Robert Murray in 1958.

Bill C-51 critic brings debate to lecture series

Bill C-51 critic brings debate to lecture series

A leading critic of Bill C-51 brings his arguments to Western as the keynote of the Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS) Rogers Chair Lecture Series. University of Ottawa Law professor Craig Forcese’s lecture, Bill C-51 and Knock-on Effects on Surveillance...

Teaching Support Centre names three new fellows

Teaching Support Centre names three new fellows

Developing an e-portfolio tool, promoting collaborative learning in Engineering and creating a network of faculty who engage students in critical international service learning will be the focus of the three new teaching fellows at Western’s Teaching Support Centre....

Koschinsky to lead Robarts Research Institute

Koschinsky to lead Robarts Research Institute

Marlys Koschinsky, current dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Windsor, has been named the new Scientific and Executive Director at Robarts Research Institute. Koschinsky, who received her PhD in Biochemistry from the University of British Columbia,...